Video: How to Frost Cupcakes

Watch three easy ways to ice cupcakes—spreading, piping, and dipping.

 
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A cupcake that’s dressed up with frosting goes from basic to highly-styled dessert. In this video, you’ll learn three easy techniques for icing cupcakes—spreading, piping, and dipping. We’ll show you simple ways to make dabs, swirls, and wavy designs. You’ll also learn the piping method, the best method for icing a lot of cupcakes. Learn a great trick for scooping frosting into the pastry bag and see how to pipe frosting evenly and smoothly, finishing with a swirling flourish. Finally, there’s the dipping method, which involves dipping and twisting cupcakes into a warm, shiny chocolate glaze or ganache. You’ll also get ideas for decorating cupcakes with sprinkles, candies, and other fun toppings. See top-rated frosting recipes.

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Apr. 17, 2012 8:18 am
Thanks so much for the help! I've always been terrible at frosting cupcakes, lol but it may just be that no one has ever shown me how to do it until now!
 
Apr. 12, 2012 7:08 pm
@Sammie414 & CookinMamof3: If both of you are avid bakers I suggest investing in a good decorating kit, most include a pipingg bag and several tips. Another idea, if you already have the piping bag, is purchase a professional star tip kit which includes several tips of varing size & number. And remember, stressed spelled backwards is desserts.. so even if it dosen´t look all that professional you can still eat it :D
 
Feb. 24, 2012 11:19 am
I'd love to know which tip it is too. Looks so elegant compared to the Wilton 1M. Searched Ateco star tips on the internet but the pictures provided only show top view, no side view like the video above (pause at 1.18), which is a large deep cut closed star with 6 tips. Could it be Ateco #852? I couldn't find any on Wilton's website that's close as far as I can tell.
 
CookinMamaof3 
Feb. 13, 2012 1:44 pm
The piping on this video is lovely! I've got to have that star tip! Please direct me to where I can purchase it; I would greatly appreciate! Thanx
 
Feb. 13, 2012 10:04 am
luv it
 
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Oct. 2, 2011 8:47 am
Is this narrator also the voice in the Patricia Cornwell Audi books?
 
 

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